Partner Press Release
UCC Joins RosettaNet to Help Improve Efficiencies of IT Supply Chain

For Release June 7, 1998

Dayton -- The Uniform Code Council, Inc. (UCC) today announced its support of RosettaNet, a global initiative to adopt common business processes created to advance IT supply chain interaction worldwide. RosettaNet involves key IT industry associations and organizations to enlarge the support base and constituency of the initiative. As a RosettaNet partner, the UCC is responsible for synergizing existing projects in order to maintain a single, unified approach to the standards adoption process, as well as to assist in the permeation of RosettaNet Standards by co-marketing the initiative to their members.

John McInerney, Director, IT Supply Chain for the UCC states, "There is no question that the RosettaNet initiative provides the opportunity to truly revolutionize the IT supply chain. Retail and grocery businesses are shining examples of other industries that today reap the benefits enabled by technology and the adoption of standards. These results have been made possible by standardized, automated identification and data capture of product information that is transmitted electronically between trading partners (most effectively via electronic data interchange). The UCC is proud to have the opportunity to work with the IT supply chain and believes there are enormous benefits to be realized. Those companies that are first to fully implement the standards will truly have a competitive advantage in the supply chain."

"We are very pleased to have secured executive ownership for this endeavor from such key influencers in the IT supply chain," said Fadi Chehadé, CEO of RosettaNet. "This executive ownership, which stems from the clear understanding of the need for standards and their ensuing business impact, is our strongest guarantee that RosettaNet business processes will cross the chasm for specifications to widespread implementation."